Subject: Sola Scriptura supported by bible? |
Bible Note: Emmaus wrote: "How about some EXPLICIT scripture which excludes the possibility of the Church recognizing the books outside the Protestant canon for that rather dogmatic statement?" How about some EXPLICIT scripture which excludes the possibility of my Aunt Mabel recognizing the books outside the Protestant canon for that rather dogmatic statement? In other words, is it the common practice of the Roman Catholic Church to claim for itself any authority unless it is specifically forbidden to them in the Bible? Bottom line: either the Apocrypha is divinely inspired or it is not. No amount of affirming its inspiration or denying it will change whether the apocryphal books are an infallible, divine revelation from God Himself. The Jewish people have not recognized them as such. The early church had never authoritatively recognized them as such, while within the first several hundred years there was nearly universal agreement on the 39 books we both have in our Bibles. In fact, there was much more disagreement over what to include in the New Testament than what to include in the Old. And the Catholic and the Protestant New Testaments are the same. Again, it is not to say that the Apocrypha is useless; it just isn't authoritative and "God-breathed." --Joe! |